The Luverne Redbirds let a 1-0 series slip in Region 10C action to fall two games to one against Windom this past week.

Luverne won Game 1 in the series 4-3 Aug. 5 in Windom. Windom came back and won Game 2 Aug. 7 in Luverne 15-0 and beat the Redbirds 9-3 in Windom Aug. 9.

Three Luverne youth baseball players got the chance of a lifetime to play at Cooperstown Dreams Park in Milford, N.Y., this summer.

Tyson Uithoven, Nolan Weber and Kyler Krzmarzick were chosen to be part of the Southwest Minnesota Blaze 12u team this season.

The Luverne summer soccer program fills a scheduling gap in activities for kids from preschool through seventh grade toward the end of summer.

That’s why many families sign up, according to Michele Raddle who coordinates the program.

Rapid Speedway

Rock Rapids, IA

Aug. 7 Results

Sportsmans

#142 Eric Gaul, Luverne – placed 1st in the A Feature, finished second in Heat 1.

The summer is quickly fading into what looks to be a great fall hunting season.  Even though it is several months away I still spend more time than I should wondering just how successful the pheasant hatch was.